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Since the US launched its war against Iran in late February, the country’s hackers have struck back with retaliatory intrusions that have ranged from paralyzing medical supplies company Stryker to breaching the personal email of FBI director Kash Patel. Now, after an unprecedented wave of disruptive cyberattacks hit water
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Bank of America announced on Thursday that it plans to acquire UK-based information security consultancy MDSec Consulting Limited. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in Macclesfield, England, MDSec provides technical information security consulting services
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In an escalating effort to give the federal government power over the AI industry, some members of the Trump administration have reportedly tried to implement a “de facto ban” on foreign-made open-source AI models. This ban would apply to any non-US-made AI model, but the goal seems to be to
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I was offline last week in my home state of New Jersey, but when I got back to Silicon Valley, everyone was panicking again about how quickly artificial intelligence is advancing. While this is certainly not the first time I’ve seen such concerns, it’s the biggest anxiety attack
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Hundreds of thousands of people are receiving letters notifying them that their medical records were stolen in a cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant CareCloud earlier this year, as new details about the data breach come to light. The company has said little about the breach since March, when
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Two years ago, tech founder Avi Schiffmann launched Friend, an AI wearable that you could talk to, and that would send you text messages about your day. The idea, ostensibly, was to use artificial intelligence to combat loneliness. This week, the company announced a new overhaul of the product, introducing
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With help from its internal AI tools, Google says it has patched more security flaws in its Chrome browser in the last month than in the past two years combined. The tech giant announced on Thursday that it has fixed a whopping 1,072 security bugs in the last two
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Gamers have been scrounging for any morsel of information about Grand Theft Auto VI after waiting over a year for a fresh trailer to drop. The wait has been long enough for many fans to wonder if the game might see yet another delay. Those fears appear to be unfounded
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This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses the launch of Nvidia’s splashy alliance to push for open source AI security alongside companies like Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir. Notably absent? OpenAI and Anthropic. Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down what the split means for the industry
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The FCC has banned the sale and import of foreign-made robotic devices and power inverters. * The ban includes vacuums and lawn mowers from the world's largest robot manufacturers. * Robots previously imported into the
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Less than a year after emerging from stealth to tackle non-human identity security, Israeli cybersecurity startup Hush Security believes the enterprise AI security conversation has fundamentally changed. The company, which earlier this week announced a $30 million Series A round led by returning investors Battery Ventures and YL Ventures with
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A VPN isn't a silver bullet. It can’t guarantee total security or anonymityonline. Instead, it is a tool that allows you to hide your browsing data from your internet service provider (ISP), adopt a virtual IP address, and access geo-restricted content. However, there are still a lot
